I ran away from teaching to the country to grow veggies. There are also some chooks and a pair of troublesome goats who were so much trouble they had to go! My simple green life isn't always as simple or as green as I'd like...but I keep trying!

I am sure the title interests people. Must say I was intrigued when I saw your title while eating my eggs and mushrooms on toast for breakfast - but wasn't sure I wanted to read it! And that photo nearly put me off my egg.

I am seriously impressed! My three chooks are obviously too "stuck up". I've had them for about 18 months and they still treat me with disdain. They only like me when I have their food in hand. If I turned up with a camera hah!Beautiful shots Hazel, I'm jealous.Jan

Your stats with this post will be interesting. I wonder how many will be disappointed with finding a chook.Vera must be a wonderful quiet girl. The feather pics are fantastic. I've seen them up close before.

Actually, the post title was what drew me straight away. I usually only blog during off-peak time - ours finishes at 12 noon. I had a quick scan of my sidebar and saw your post title - so just had to read THAT one before I shut down ;-)

What a star Vera is!! A thorough examination WITH pics, how very obliging of her.

Title caughte my eye. Saw it once, saw it twice then couldn't resist, had to postpone the folding to see just exactly what you were on about. The pic on my snippet looked remarkably like a bearded werewolf face with luscious pink lips - the title and pic just didn't match up, lol!

Hazel you are very cheeky. Poor Vera having her privates out there for everyone to see. You better hope her chicken friends don't take a leaf out of the goats book and sneek into your house and log on to the net. Vera would be so embarassed.

At first I thought that Hazel had gone too far this time! I should have known it was just to draw attention to herself - typical!The feather photos asre just fantastic as is the turnip header. How did you use your turnips? HDW

Some Blogs I follow I check the title before reading, because some Blogs I follow don't always interest me. Your I read regardless because I know that, whatever the title, there will be a twist, good content and great photo's.Poor Vera, exposed for the world to see that her bottom looks like a Ginger bloke with a beard!Excellent feather pics though, and very informative, and entertaining :)

Hazel, I reckon your Pageview stats will shoot up after this one! I'm currently very puzzled by the stats that Blogger is recording - for about 10 days now I have had (allegedly) a MUCH higher rate of pageviews, even though I have not been publishing any porn or anything... Maybe people just get excited about pictures of broccoli?

I would have read it regardless, I always look forwards to your posts! But, I did click on your oxalis link, it's my pet-hate as well, and I think I'm going to have to resort to Roundup or similar, much as I hate the thought!

Its so pink and fleshy! In year 9 biology we learnt all about the chicken and its reproductive parts. I forgot everything except the cloaca! What a word. We all called each other cloacas after that. I dont know why.

Well, how about that. Page hits were down by two thirds from the day before! But as Mark commented, my stats have bee particularly high for the last couple of weeks. Has everyone had a surge in hits as well...maybe Blogger is playing tricks.

So less hits, but more comments. This posts beat my previous most commented on post (when the fox got Brewster).

However, the jury is still out because the extremely high stats on the post about herbicide were built up over a long period. Maybe this post will do the same.

As I have no word verification on my comments I get the occasional spam...it is usually related to a post entitled, I will not forget, ....interesting.

Heehee! You know I once painted my hens vents (ick!) to see which were laying? The eggs come out tainted with the paint (non toxic kids paint of course)...I love all your posts Hazel even when overseas I have to check your blog!